Team general manager Mitch Kupchak and company are already looking forward past the Howard fiasco. Here are the latest rumors buzzing around the Lakers.

Lakers Will Reportedly Keep Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol is no stranger to having his roster spot in Los Angeles debated, but he doesn't have to worry about that going into next year. According to ESPN Los Angeles' Ramona Shelburne, the Lakers will no longer discuss the idea of using the amnesty provision on Gasol.

If the Lakers do choose to keep Gasol, the team will hope for a bounce-back year from the power forward. In 2012, he posted career lows in points per game with 13.7. It will be interesting to see if those numbers change considering Shelburne says it's likely Gasol will move to center.

Gasol played in just 49 games last season due to injury, his lowest amount in a single season as a Laker. The Lake Show might be going through some changes, but Gasol will still be a staple in the lineup next season.

Metta World Peace Could be Amnestied

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Metta World Peace will exercise his option to stay with the Lakers next season. He doesn't have the final say in that matter, however, and his fate will be determined early in July.

As a bench player for the Los Angeles Clippers, Odom averaged 4.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in 2012. In his final season with the Lakers in 2010, he averaged over 14 points, 3.0 assists and almost nine rebounds per game.

His interest in the Lakers might not be known right now, but it's no secret Odom loves the City of Angels. The debacle in Dallas in 2011 and the return to L.A. with the Clippers last year illustrated that quite well.

For the Lakers, Odom could be a cheap signing and bring the team a talent that players like Kobe Bryant and Gasol are familiar with.